How much POWER does food have over you? Take this quick quiz…

For many years, I thought my strong attraction to food was a personal flaw: I can’t resist the birthday cake therefore I am a weak person. However, new research indicates that there are built in physiological mechanisms that drive us to eat, even when we are not hungry. When in the presence of decadent food such as chocolate cake, the pleasure seeking centers of some people’s brains are more stimulated than others. Unfortunately, these people are also more likely to be obese.

The good news is that you don’t need an MRI scan to determine where you fall on the live to eat, eat to live continuum. The Power of Food Scale was developed to assess the psychological impact of today’s food-abundant environments (1). The higher you score on this survey, the more likely it is that you “Live to Eat”

The Power-of-Food Scale helps gauge how much you “Live to Eat”. Using the following scale, indicate from 1-5 which of the following best describes you:

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